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michael comes to us from new york. thanks for joining us? >> thanks for having me. >> so you are a comedian with progressive views. what inspired you if you did it, did you ask megan mccain to do the road trip across america? >> i did. yeah. i contacted her over twitter which is how most things are done these days and i said do you want to write a book together? she said sure. we wrote a book together. >> that's adventurous. toward the beginning of the book, you wrote, almost and quoting you now, almost nobody wants to own the label democrat. even i the liberal on this trip, you said have a hard time saying i am one because i don't know what the dems stand for. did your views of either party change during this trip? >> yes and no. my views on, let's say, conservative and liberal changed a little bit i think expanded a little bit. but if anything my views on the parties, themselves might have hardened. i can more reluctant to call myself a democrat now than when i left. >> why? >> if anything like i probably have become more liberal than i wa
michael comes to us from new york. thanks for joining us? >> thanks for having me. >> so you are a comedian with progressive views. what inspired you if you did it, did you ask megan mccain to do the road trip across america? >> i did. yeah. i contacted her over twitter which is how most things are done these days and i said do you want to write a book together? she said sure. we wrote a book together. >> that's adventurous. toward the beginning of the book, you wrote,...
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he's coming to us tonight from burbank. professor, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you very much for inviting me. >> all right. i think i've qualified you now as an expert. here i go. bain apparently, bain capital has about 138 funds in the cayman islands and governor romney himself personally has assets in at least 12 funds in the cayman islands worth as much as -- 12 accounts worth as much as $30 million. he's also got assets in bermuda and luxembourg. what are the advantages of investments in these offshore places for people? >> okay. for people, the chief advantages are that that's how many funds are organized and they're organized that way in order to be attractive both to u.s. and to foreign investors. if you're trying to attract worldwide capital. from the point of view as an individual investor, if you're trimming square corners you're still going to pay u.s. tax on your offshore income. there are some technical advantages but they're second and third order. >> wait a second. when you said turning square
he's coming to us tonight from burbank. professor, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you very much for inviting me. >> all right. i think i've qualified you now as an expert. here i go. bain apparently, bain capital has about 138 funds in the cayman islands and governor romney himself personally has assets in at least 12 funds in the cayman islands worth as much as -- 12 accounts worth as much as $30 million. he's also got assets in bermuda and luxembourg. what are the...
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even though many of us have i.d. and we don't see what the issue is we want people to get to know and walk in the shoes of these honorable americans honorably discharged marine, a woman who marched with martin luther king jr. a person who was born in the south by a midwife who was told by the state of virginia that she doesn't exist. >> i don't mean to talk about that but the puerto rican issue is interesting to me. just quickly tell us how the law effects the puerto ricans who are american citizens. >> yes people from puerto rico are american citizens. but in 2010 the puerto rican birth certificate was declared to be unusable, and the commonwealth of puerto rico has to reissue birth certificates to all of the people who were born there. many, many people who are now living in pennsylvania who are u.s. citizens do not have time to get their birth certificate from puerto rico because they can't process the applications that quickly. there is a backlog. we now only have three months until the election. that's one of th
even though many of us have i.d. and we don't see what the issue is we want people to get to know and walk in the shoes of these honorable americans honorably discharged marine, a woman who marched with martin luther king jr. a person who was born in the south by a midwife who was told by the state of virginia that she doesn't exist. >> i don't mean to talk about that but the puerto rican issue is interesting to me. just quickly tell us how the law effects the puerto ricans who are...
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>> show us the money mitt! mitt romney has only released one year of tax returns which you will remember showed that he paid a rate of less than 15% in taxes. president obama vice president joe biden, on the other hand, have released 12 years of taxes just like mitt romney's father did when he ran for president and yet today, mitt romney, again, said there is no way he's going to do that. take a listen. >> we'll put out the next year of tax returns as soon as the accountants have that ready and that's what we're going to put out. i know there will always be calls for more. people always want more, and we're putting out what's required plus more that is not required. and those are the two years that people are going to have and that's all that's necessary for people to understand something about my finances. >> well, some washington bigwigs are telling him to do more. so political junkies can you guess who made these comments? first, his personal finances, the way he does things, his record are fair game. true.
>> show us the money mitt! mitt romney has only released one year of tax returns which you will remember showed that he paid a rate of less than 15% in taxes. president obama vice president joe biden, on the other hand, have released 12 years of taxes just like mitt romney's father did when he ran for president and yet today, mitt romney, again, said there is no way he's going to do that. take a listen. >> we'll put out the next year of tax returns as soon as the accountants have...
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he comes to us from washington. with me in san francisco is always great susan kennedy former chief of staff to governor arnold schwarzenegger. >> bill preston was your boss? >> for a short period of time. he fired me. >> you fired her? >> governor, i just have to say governor, i want you to know that susan kennedy's a very important person in my life. she taught me everything i know about politics and golf, and she'll remember that. >> that was real cute. >> you should ask her about fly fishing, too. let me get on to the news of the day. why would the romney team make an ad about outsourcing which is really what the ad says when he's trying to steer well clear of the discussion of outsourcing altogether? >> because stupidly they thought they could change the subject, i would say first of all. they didn't want to talk about his outsourcing of jobs and his outsourcing of much of his wealth to the cayman islands bermuda and swiss bank accounts. they tried to turn the attack to president obama. mitt romney runs into wh
he comes to us from washington. with me in san francisco is always great susan kennedy former chief of staff to governor arnold schwarzenegger. >> bill preston was your boss? >> for a short period of time. he fired me. >> you fired her? >> governor, i just have to say governor, i want you to know that susan kennedy's a very important person in my life. she taught me everything i know about politics and golf, and she'll remember that. >> that was real cute. >>...
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and to divide us is a mistake. and they stepped up and said knock it off -- >> that's just not the image that comes across. what the rest of us see is a state that is totally divided, and appears to be anti-immigrant. how do you get this other side out? it has got to be very difficult to recruit people to sen the message that you embrace diversity. >> that's why i'm on your show right now. >> well, god bless you. [ laughter ] >> the reality is oftentimes the folks that get elected to the legislature come from the extreme ends of the parties. when our leaders take divisive positions, they don't represent this state. in arizona. we are normal we like people. we like diversity. we have a very bright future where we're going to focus in on education -- >> we need more guys like you on tv. because you have got joe arpaio out there and that's what everybody sees. so how would you like to see immigration reform so you could carry out your job's agenda. >> we need comprehensive immigration reform. we need to pass the dream
and to divide us is a mistake. and they stepped up and said knock it off -- >> that's just not the image that comes across. what the rest of us see is a state that is totally divided, and appears to be anti-immigrant. how do you get this other side out? it has got to be very difficult to recruit people to sen the message that you embrace diversity. >> that's why i'm on your show right now. >> well, god bless you. [ laughter ] >> the reality is oftentimes the folks that...
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what are you afraid to show us? every day americans reveal their tax returns when they apply for a mortgage to buy a house. aren't you willing to do the same just to get the big white house on pennsylvania avenue that you so badly want to buy? anyway i hope you have a great weekend on lake winnipesaukee. ttyo jen. so coming to us tonight from washington is a man who knows a lot about the importance of being transparent when running for office, and might have some ideas about why mitt romney is not. and that is my good fred, ted d, strickstndckthndeormer govnono of of ohoh. d,d,elelmemeack inside the war room. >> it's great to be with you this evening. >> any chance that ongoing pressure, do you think, from republicans can get governor romney, do you think, to release his tax returns? his colleagues, that might be something else. >> yeah. jennifer, i have decided that watching this unfold that there must be something in those tax returns that is so damaging that mitt romney knows it would be a deal-breaker with the a
what are you afraid to show us? every day americans reveal their tax returns when they apply for a mortgage to buy a house. aren't you willing to do the same just to get the big white house on pennsylvania avenue that you so badly want to buy? anyway i hope you have a great weekend on lake winnipesaukee. ttyo jen. so coming to us tonight from washington is a man who knows a lot about the importance of being transparent when running for office, and might have some ideas about why mitt romney is...
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you can try to use us if you want to. fair exchange ain't no robbery. the fair exchange is that we also have an opportunities to tell mr. romney that his priorities do not satisfy or speak to the needs of brown and black and yellow people in this country. we also have the occasion to let him know that as you said to michigan and detroit, that the auto industry can go drop in the cinch when the auto industry has come back and the auto industry is one of the most profitable industries in america and, thanks to your policies that were not adopted, we have been able to come back thanks to the policies of another individual who happened to be in the white house, we have come back. so let's talk about the real stuff, governornet mitt romney. i wish governor that i had the opportunity to be on the stage with him. i would just love to be. >> i do, too. boy, do i wish you were on the stage with him. >> but unfortunately, the cards did not fall like that. so i just have to come in the war room and strategize with my governor. >> if i am going to war, i want you o
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romney, give us a little love by helping us with some policies. >> jennifer: reverend anthony poet and head of the largest chapter of naacp. thank you so much for coming back inside "the war room." okay you political junkies we have lots more to come. after the break john boehner calls 33 times to call healthcare reform resolve. i call it ridiculous. jacki spears comes to discuss it. plus if you have a mortgage, richard cordre is a a must much interview. he's painting a picture for homeowners. and a super pac finally with cajones. and the irony will be apparent when you find out who brought it. you're watching "the war you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories
romney, give us a little love by helping us with some policies. >> jennifer: reverend anthony poet and head of the largest chapter of naacp. thank you so much for coming back inside "the war room." okay you political junkies we have lots more to come. after the break john boehner calls 33 times to call healthcare reform resolve. i call it ridiculous. jacki spears comes to discuss it. plus if you have a mortgage, richard cordre is a a must much interview. he's painting a picture...
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david, welcome inside the "war room," coming to us from washington, d.c. >> thanks for something us on. >> it's been a busy week with the antics of fox news as every week probably, but how can fox get away with calling itself a news organization when, really, it is a propaganda arm of the republican party? >> yeah, well, what we've seen over the past few years really since president obama came into our office that fox has morphed from a conservative network to what you're saying which is a propaganda arm of the republican party. what this recent controversy shows over the misquotation of president obama and you just showed the full context, is that fox is really running the show. fox starts the chain of misinformation, and then the republicans follow along. so what happened here was picking up off a wrong post, fox decides for two solid days to run with this story. they did 42 segments, by our count, filling more than 2 hours of air time. so they drove this thing two days before mitt romney picks it up. then mitt romney picks it up. this is a case study in how this cycle works. once he
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thank you so much for joining us. and up next, the fact that july 4th was yesterday is news to no one except brett ehrlich who cannot resist commenting on national holidays after they occur. brett's next and we'll be right back. right by those who gave their lives to for this country nearly 70 years ago. take the gamble out of stain removal. only resolve all-stains has two formula chambers to remove all types of stains. using shout or oxiclean? that's just playing the odds. don't chance it, resolve it. see a resolve difference or it's free.
thank you so much for joining us. and up next, the fact that july 4th was yesterday is news to no one except brett ehrlich who cannot resist commenting on national holidays after they occur. brett's next and we'll be right back. right by those who gave their lives to for this country nearly 70 years ago. take the gamble out of stain removal. only resolve all-stains has two formula chambers to remove all types of stains. using shout or oxiclean? that's just playing the odds. don't chance it,...
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double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies. you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. >> i'm running against a woman that's all she talks about. our true hero are the men and women who serve. last thing in the world they talk about. that's why we are so indebted and in awe of what they have done. >> jennifer: al
double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies. you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but...
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what moisturizer do you use? i had an expert age a photo of paul ryan to see what it would look like 40 years from now? >> terrible. dream. >> perhaps my favorite is rick santorum. in the 70s were an escalator he got his shoe lace caught in it. it is tearing him to shreds. a special combination of plaid and turtleneck. jon huntsman in a bow tie before he won the all-caddie tournament in bushwood country club. this puzzles me rand paul dissecting a cat. where did you go to high school? hogwarts? is this when you were running for president of slithering house. i always expected scott brown didn't believe in democracy. he was some sort of king of what country? floppy bow-thailand. romney in high school holding some sort of fake gun to his
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thank you for joining us inside "the war room." up next, take it from somebody who has been there trying to fix a struggling economy is no walk in the park. more like a crawl through the mud. i'll give you my thoughts on what needs to be done. plus not everybody was cursing everybody's economic news. mitt romney's war chest is going to need to build an addition for the car elevator. and why aren't there more black republicans. that is a question posted by a filmmaker who set out to see the disconnect between the g.o.p. and the african-americans. >>every weeknight cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the guys in the middle class the guys in the lower end got screwed again. >>i think you know which one we're talking about. the overwhelming majority of the country says"tax the rich, don't go to war." >>just wanted to clarify that. it's like chicken and crunchy stuff got married! i only use french's french fried onions on my crunchy onion chicken because it's america's number one brand. just minutes to make, then bake! >>(narra
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he comes to us tonight from new york. thank you for joining us and welcome inside "the war room." >> thank you nice to be here governor. >> glad to have you on. so from your perspective what exactly are these workers demanding? and it is unreasonable? >> the workers aren't demanding that much. they would have been happy to have the status quo. when i was southwest of chicago, i was interviewing the president of the local and he said we would have been happy to keep the same contract we had. but what has really driven the workers to strike is this unusual situation where caterpillar, which is enjoying record profits up 67% over last quarter, is insisting on a six-year wage freeze, which is quite long. if you factor in inflation of like 2.5% a year that would come out to a pay cut of 16, 17 18% over the six years, plus they want the workers to pay more toward their health coverage about $1,900 more a year for people with family coverage, and then freeze mentions of the more experienced workingers. and that could mean a lot
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he used it for thousands and thousands of dollars. >> what? >> personal expenses silly things like movie tickets, like wine at a wine shop near his house. >> is it true he used it to get his back waxed? >> this was a claim made by charlie chris. it was a charge. >> to clear that up. >> all right? >> it wasn'tclure what it was. >> mani-ped. the problem with that, you know he paid back these thousands of dollars of charges. but the problem was that he had created this narrative, this narrative that he was a small government fiscally responsible, spend in a responsible way kind of guy with the government and then in his own spending, he wasn't operating that way. it served to sort of crack that foundation a bit he is somebody are has risen quickly among the ranges and when that happens, you do engender a lot of jealousy. what do republicans feel about him now? do they feel like he has jumped over them, that he doesn't merit all of this attention so soon? >> he is a tantalizing and at the same time terrifying figure within the republican party. he
he used it for thousands and thousands of dollars. >> what? >> personal expenses silly things like movie tickets, like wine at a wine shop near his house. >> is it true he used it to get his back waxed? >> this was a claim made by charlie chris. it was a charge. >> to clear that up. >> all right? >> it wasn'tclure what it was. >> mani-ped. the problem with that, you know he paid back these thousands of dollars of charges. but the problem was that...
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you can use democracy to your advantage. most states require a certain number of signatures, usually equal to between 5 and 10% of the number of votes cast for governor in the last election. if tom mauser can do it, if colorado can do it so can you. coming up, we are going to dive into the media issue that always arises after a strategy and then always recedes until next one. plus, both presidential campaigns are easing back into gear and in team romney's cases, they are picking up where they left off. later, one -- on the day where we more than the passing of the world's first female astronaut, we are going to show you an exclusive, remarkable interview with sally ride before she made history. >> as far as being the first american woman goes, that doesn't mean all that much to me, but getting up as soon as i can does. >> after the aurora tragedy there is renewed attention being given to mental health services. several studies show people involved in so-called rampage shootings have an untreated mental illness and because of
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thank you so much for joining us. next filmmaker marc levin shares the emotional tales of middle class unemployment. you want to know why bain is important. watch this next. we'll visit a new mini series for political junkies who love scandal. >> first of all, i'm divorced. secondly, i was involved in a diplomatic crisis all day. i didn't have time for a costume change. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? ha ha. ♪ ♪ >> talking to one of my neighbors. they're pretty much in the same boat. you live next door to someone for so long and you don't know it and then all of a sudden, you start talking about it. hey, you too? and yeah. >> a couple of months, haven't paid the mortgage, struggling to decide to pay it or to not because if you don't pay it f
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lost is not a term i would use. she has been a great friend of the president and great fund raiser. >> i think it will be see if he can corral all of the wayward folks. i'm going to show you some more information from this poll that we talked about. first of all, as i mentioned the june fund-raising numbers are not that great obviously in terms of comparatively. are you worried about this? >> i'm not. because we had a big head start. we sold out tickets to this event faster than any of the prior events. >> how much money was raised? >> between 3 and $4 million. but romney was here and probably raised 10 million in two days as well. and the fund-raising pitch i made to folks, is look at those numbers. if you want to have barack obama for a second term, we have to step up. and people stepped up. >> there are a very few handful of donors on the republican side that are giving huge amounts of money. >> especially on the super pac side. >> you directly raise money for the campaign -- >> that's correct. >> how difficult i
lost is not a term i would use. she has been a great friend of the president and great fund raiser. >> i think it will be see if he can corral all of the wayward folks. i'm going to show you some more information from this poll that we talked about. first of all, as i mentioned the june fund-raising numbers are not that great obviously in terms of comparatively. are you worried about this? >> i'm not. because we had a big head start. we sold out tickets to this event faster than any...
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i never used those benefits. you know, like i worked hard for those benefits, now i am 50 years old and i can't get them. i am broke. i am freaking poor. i am bankrupt, i am done. you know. i am in the lower half. >> jennifer: you talked to a lot of people, how hard is it for older professionals like him to get their lives back? >> it's very difficult. you know when you are out of work for over a year, you have seen the classifieds that say only apply if you have a job. if you are unemployed, they won't even interview you. and then obviously there is an unfolk en ageism, you are 50, 55, you know, people basically say your time is done. it's a tragedy. and the thing i guess that was most surprising to me was the fact that it's invisible in many ways. especially in suburban bee a. i mean, i didn't know until we started this that the fastest growing area of poverty in the united states is burr into is ba burr bee a. you would think you would see it more in your face, but the neighborhoods look beautiful. houses are
i never used those benefits. you know, like i worked hard for those benefits, now i am 50 years old and i can't get them. i am broke. i am freaking poor. i am bankrupt, i am done. you know. i am in the lower half. >> jennifer: you talked to a lot of people, how hard is it for older professionals like him to get their lives back? >> it's very difficult. you know when you are out of work for over a year, you have seen the classifieds that say only apply if you have a job. if you are...
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show us your taxes. well for insight on why mitt romney may not be willing to show us his past tax returns we're going to turn now to someone who has a long history with mitt romney. shannon o'brien ran against mitt romney in the 2002 massachusetts governor race. shan joins us from boston. welcome into "the war room," shannon. >> good evening. nice to talk to you. >> jennifer: great to talk to you as well. so in 2002, you released your tax returns and romney didn't release his. it came up in one of the debates with him. let's take a listen to that. >> i'm not going to release my income tax returns and shannon o'brien's husband with whom i presume they share expenses, likewise hasn't released his income taxes so there is every opportunity to make sure that people know who i am, what i care about. i will tell you that i made more money than i expected but i'm in this race not because of money but because i want to make sure beacon hill works for people who don't have money. >> jennifer: this is something.
show us your taxes. well for insight on why mitt romney may not be willing to show us his past tax returns we're going to turn now to someone who has a long history with mitt romney. shannon o'brien ran against mitt romney in the 2002 massachusetts governor race. shan joins us from boston. welcome into "the war room," shannon. >> good evening. nice to talk to you. >> jennifer: great to talk to you as well. so in 2002, you released your tax returns and romney didn't release...
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you can't embarrass us. you must represent us well. that was additional pressure that i didn't need on me, but i did feel that as i stood there before an audience of 91 million people that i had to do well. i did have to represent women well and minorities well. >> jennifer: well, i want to show our viewers a clip from one of our favorite moments from the debate. let's have them watch. >> tell me again? >> you know people who lost their jobs? >> well, yeah, mm-hmm. >> well, i've been governor of a small state for 12 years. in my state when people lose their jobs there is a good chance i know them by their names. when the factory closes, i know who ran it. when business go bankrupt, i know them. >> jennifer: what made that moment stand out for you in that debate. >> well, the young woman who asked the question first directed it to president bush. she said how does the national debt effect you. i knew what she meant was the recession. he heard her question and said, i don't get it. and i participated in many scholarly discussions of that
you can't embarrass us. you must represent us well. that was additional pressure that i didn't need on me, but i did feel that as i stood there before an audience of 91 million people that i had to do well. i did have to represent women well and minorities well. >> jennifer: well, i want to show our viewers a clip from one of our favorite moments from the debate. let's have them watch. >> tell me again? >> you know people who lost their jobs? >> well, yeah, mm-hmm....
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how about spring cheese for stringing us all along instead of just showing us your tax return. although you would probably come up with a different pairing because of all the time you spent in france. [ whistling ] >> jennifer: thanks everyone good night. we're done. >>every day we've got to work as hard as we possibly can to make sure that we get that show on the air. >>60 seconds to air is brought
how about spring cheese for stringing us all along instead of just showing us your tax return. although you would probably come up with a different pairing because of all the time you spent in france. [ whistling ] >> jennifer: thanks everyone good night. we're done. >>every day we've got to work as hard as we possibly can to make sure that we get that show on the air. >>60 seconds to air is brought
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he's using it as a positive point or trying to. the obama team is using it as a negative point. that seems to be working because as a reason to oppose mitt romney now 32% see his work buying and restructuring as a reason to oppose and as thetron support, you can see that that dropped a little bit. >> right. you know when we would talk to voters -- they knew he was a businessman. in a bad economy that sounds like a positive. that was still very ambiguous. we do the polling for priorities u.s.a. and we have tracked the strategy of this drip, drip, drip, define romney's business experience the negative side to that. we're seeing progress there because there is also a side of business where not everyone plays by the same rules and i think you've talked about some of that on your show tonight. >> jennifer: the defining of his business having some impact on his favorability. but if you look at this next number this, to me, is fascinating. if you look at this, registered voters, a recent poll. this is favorability issue related to how much the people are motivated to vote for a candida
he's using it as a positive point or trying to. the obama team is using it as a negative point. that seems to be working because as a reason to oppose mitt romney now 32% see his work buying and restructuring as a reason to oppose and as thetron support, you can see that that dropped a little bit. >> right. you know when we would talk to voters -- they knew he was a businessman. in a bad economy that sounds like a positive. that was still very ambiguous. we do the polling for priorities...
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romney, give us a little love by helping us with some policies. >> jennifer: reverend anthony poet and head of the largest chapter of naacp. thank you so much for coming back inside "the war room." okay you political junkies we have lots more to come. after the break john boehner calls 33 times to call healthcare reform resolve. i call it ridiculous. jacki spears comes to discuss it. plus if you have a mortgage, richard cordre is a a must much interview. he's painting a picture for homeowners. and a super pac finally with cajones. and the irony will be apparent when you find out who brought it. you're watching "the war room," and it's only on concern tv. 31. >> the vast north of people in this country like the healthcare that they have, and they'd like to keep it. but now thanks to this law patients across the nation are losing access to the healthcare that they like. >> jennifer: that's eric cantor distorting the truth. they have spent a lot of time on an issue that is not going anywhere. maybe field end this exercise of futility. according to the survey, 56% of americans think that t
romney, give us a little love by helping us with some policies. >> jennifer: reverend anthony poet and head of the largest chapter of naacp. thank you so much for coming back inside "the war room." okay you political junkies we have lots more to come. after the break john boehner calls 33 times to call healthcare reform resolve. i call it ridiculous. jacki spears comes to discuss it. plus if you have a mortgage, richard cordre is a a must much interview. he's painting a picture...
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can someone anyone, throw us a lifeline? >> we've given all the people need to know and understand about our financial situation and about how we live our life. >> clearly, we people need to quit horsen around and get serious about this election! [alarm ringing] >> wake up! wake up, wake up, wake up! up you wake, up you wake! >> jennifer: progressives, just like samuel l. jackson did in the spike lee film, do the right thing i'm calling you to wake the heck up. many of you assume that everybody thinks like we do so maybe you decide you don't have to get active because obviously the president's going to win or maybe you don't like one of his policies so you're going to protest by sitting this election out. let me tell you sitting it out is going to make you an accomplice in electing president romney. last night i interviewed jill stein, the presidential candidate for the green party on the show. i confess right now, i should have asked her to just get out of the race. now don't freak out enviros, it is not because i don't lov
can someone anyone, throw us a lifeline? >> we've given all the people need to know and understand about our financial situation and about how we live our life. >> clearly, we people need to quit horsen around and get serious about this election! [alarm ringing] >> wake up! wake up, wake up, wake up! up you wake, up you wake! >> jennifer: progressives, just like samuel l. jackson did in the spike lee film, do the right thing i'm calling you to wake the heck up. many of...